The African kitchen show #2 (How to Cook Bitter leave Soup)

Hello my wonderful friends how has your week been I hope all your plans for the week is running smoothly mine is amazing and thank God it's Friday! And I'm so excited that weekend is here.

Ok so it's a second edition of African kitchen show. This week I prepared a very sumptuous meal known as the Bitter leave Soup for us, The soup is called Efere Etidot in my Ibibio Language you know this is not just a meal but a sweet medicine 😅 because they meal comes with countless health benefits, please you really need to give it a try.

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^{Bitter leave Soup}

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Etidot soup Is one of my native dish it is popular due to the medicinal value of bitter leaves. This soup requires protein ingredients to make it tasty, By protein I mean assorted meats, smoke fish, prawns, stock fish, Periwinkles, etc, these will help you get that excellent taste.

Most west African countries and not just eaten the bitter leaf soup but they value it due to the medicinal properties gotten from the bitterness, which is good for hypertension and diabetes.

To make the soup you need to watch the leaves in order to get rid of some bitter taste. You know you can actually drink the juice (just a class of it) it comes with numerous benefits. Make sure you don't completely get rid of the bitter taste when washing it.

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^{I ate mine with Eba}

You can eat the soup with any swallow, be it eba, semovita or unripe plantain, it goes well. There is something special about bitter leaf soup, if you drink water immediately after eating it you will get a slight sweetness in the mouth. That's interesting right?

INGREDIENTS:

Bitter leaf, waterleaf, meat (goat meat, and cow skin. Assorted) dry fish Periwinkles, melon seeds, prawns, seasoning cubes, Pepper, salt and palm oil.

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PREPARATION:

• Wash your bitter leaf to get rid of some Bitter taste. In my case I bought the one that was already wash in the market.

• Pick your water leaves, wash and slice it, then squeeze it well and put on sieve for water to drain well.

• Wash and cook your stockfish, add seasonal cubes, salt and palm oil to it.

• Wash and cook here assorted meat, season it with onions, Peppers, seasoning cubes and salt to taste.

• Grind your melon seeds and keep i bought the already grind one, in the market.

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NOW TO THE COOKING:

• Wash your unshelled periwinkles and add to the cooking pot.

• Wash your dry fish and add
• Pound shrimps and add and allow it to cook for some minutes.

• Add your already seasoning meats to the pot and allow it cook for some minutes.

• Add the water leaf to soup stir the soup and allow it cook for some minutes.

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• Add your grounded Melon to the soup, add salt, seasoning cubes and pepper to your taste, stir the soup and allow it simmering for some. Minutes

• Finally, add the bitter leaf to the soup, add onions too. Stir the soup and allow it simmering for 3 minutes.

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Boom boom 💥 your Etidot soup is ready!

This food is a balance diet, it contains all the necessary ingredients to keep you strong and healthy. A pot of the soup cost me 6,000 Naira which is approximately 37Steems with the current rate of Steems to Naira.

Do you like my native dish? If yes will you give it a try? Let me know this at the comment section.

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Last week 2 Users @eliany and @jueco answered my question, so they've won 2trons. Have sent your prizes.

This week Engagement Question:

^{bitter leaf plant}

What is Bitter leaf called in your language?

First 10 users to answer correctly will win 2 Tron each for themselves.

This Week's Kitchen Tips:

Don't store your onions and potatoes together, the two produces a gas that causes either of them to quickly spoil.

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Check out our previous meal #1

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